Clothes-drying rack.



R. H. BROOK.

CLOTHES DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I. 1917.

1,253,931, Patented Jan. 15,1918.

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CLOTHES DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I, 1917- 1,Q53,931. Patented Jan. 15,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- RICHARD H. BROOK, 0F KISSIMIVIEE, FLORIDA.

CLOTHES-DRYING RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

Application filed October 1, 1917. Serial No. 194,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD H. BROOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kissimmee, in the county of Osceola and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Drying Racks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive, yet a highly efiicient and durable rack for drying clothes, the device being of the general type employing a rotatable support for a plurality of clothes lines.

With the foregoing general object in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction and unique combinations of parts to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved rack;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the plane designated by the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a vertical standard preferably but not necessarily formed of one or more lengths of pipe. A collar 2 is secured on the standard 1 adjacent its upper end, and a flat horizontally disposed ring 3 surrounds said standard and rests on said collar, said ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings 4.

A plurality of radiating rods 5 are bent downwardly at their inner ends through the openings'et as indicated at 6, and are then bent inwardly at 7 through radial openings 8 in a sleeve 9 which surrounds the standard 1 immediately below the collar 2, nuts 10 being preferably threaded on the inner ends of the portions 7. The outer ends of the rods 5 are bent downwardly as indicated at 11, and a plurality of radial clothes lines 12 are stretched between the sleeve 9 and said down-turned outer ends, the inner ends of said lines being preferably anchored to the sleeve by passage through the openings 8, whereas the outer ends of the arms 5 will be in most cases provided with apertures through which said lines are passed.

In addition to the lines 12, a plurality of lines 13 extend between the outer ends of the arms 5 and serve not only as clothes supporting means, but as means for holding said arms in correctly spaced relation.

Preferably employed in connection with the features above described, are a number of brace wires 14 which incline upwardly from the outer ends of the arms 5, to a ring 15 which surrounds the upper end of the standard 1 and rests on acollar 16 which is secured on said standard. This is an effective means of supporting the arms 5 when the several lines are weighted with wet clothes,'yet it will be obvious that since the three parts 3, 9 and 15 are free to rotate upon the standard the entire clothes supporting head may be turned as occasion may demand, to permit the clothes to be either suspended or removed while the laundress stands at a single point, thus saving a great number of steps which are usually necessary in hanging the clothes upon an ordinary clothes line.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be obvious that although my invention is of extremely simple and inexpensive nature, it will be highlv efficient and durable. Since probably the best results are obtained from the several specific details shown and described, these details will in most cases be employed, but I wish it understood that within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes might well be made.

I claim:

1. A clothes drying rack comprising a vertical standard having a fixed collar adjacent its upper end, a fiat ring surrounding said standard and resting on said collar. a sleeve surrounding said standard immediately below said collar, said ring having circumferentially spaced vertical openings and said sleeve having a plurality of radial openings, a plurality of radiating rods having their inner ends bent downwardly through the openings of said ring and then bent inwardly into the openings of said sleeve. the outer ends of said rods also extending downwardly, clothes lines extending between said downturned outer ends of said arms and said sleeve, and other lines extending between said downturned ends.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, an In testimony whereof I have'hereunto set additional collar on said standard above said my hand in the presence of two subscribing first named collar, a second ring surrounding witnesses.

said standard and resting on said additional RICHARD H. BROCK. collar, and a plurality of brace Wires ex- Witnesses:

tending from said second ring to the outer H. J. STEED,

ends of said radiating arms. G. F. KmBBs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

